WTA Toronto: Townsend dominates Stakusic, into the last 16
Taylor Townsend cruised against Marina Stakusic 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Spaniard Paula Badosa and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 4 seed, in the next round
American lucky loser Taylor Townsend won against Canadian wildcard Marina Stakusic 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the WTA National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre on Thursday.
Townsend, ranked No 71, will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 4 seed, next.
In the previous round of the WTA National Bank Open, the American benefited from the retirement of Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 16 seed (6-3, 3-1).
Stakusic, ranked No 160, edged out Russian qualifier Erika Andreeva (6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4) in the first round of the Rogers Cup.
Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Liudmila Samsonova (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (1) beat Yafan Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
- Diana Shnaider (14) beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-5, 6-4
- Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens
- Yue Yuan vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Greet Minnen
- Paula Badosa vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katie Boulter
- Peyton Stearns vs. Madison Keys
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Emma Navarro vs. Magda Linette